{"id":2920,"date":"2017-03-30T03:41:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T03:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=2920"},"modified":"2017-04-18T15:50:18","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T15:50:18","slug":"national-book-store-marks-75th-anniversary-launches-read-out-loud-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/national-book-store-marks-75th-anniversary-launches-read-out-loud-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"National Book Store marks 75th anniversary, launches \u2018Read Out Loud Challenge\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>National Book Store (NBS) is celebrating its 75<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary with the Read Out Loud Challenge (ROLC) that will run on Facebook and Instagram.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/National.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2921\" src=\"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/National.jpg\" alt=\"National\" width=\"620\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/National.jpg 620w, http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/National-300x140.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aiming to promote the love of reading among Filipinos while supporting a good cause, the challenge\u2019s mechanics are simple: A participant posts a video of oneself reading out loud an excerpt from one\u2019s favorite book and challenge three other people to do it. When uploading to either Facebook or Instagram, add the hashtag #ReadOutLoudChallenge and tag National Book Store (@nbsalert).<\/p>\n<p>For every 75 videos posted, the NBS Foundation will set up a library in a public school, complete with Project Aklat racks that consists of DepEd-approved books. Project Aklat is an initiative started back in 2006 by the NBS Foundation, and 400 libraries have been set up since then. Now, with the ongoing ROLC campaign, NBS aims to set up 100 libraries nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>While the ROLC will promote and support Project Aklat, the NBS Foundation will also launch the 8<sup>th<\/sup> year of Project Aral this April 7 in all NBS branches nationwide. Project Aral aims to visit and help over 150 communities who lack basic school necessities. In this year\u2019s Project Aral, there will be two different kits: the first kit which costs only P25 contains two notebooks, two pencils, a sharpener, and an eraser. The second kit costs P50 and contains two notebooks, two pencils, a sharpener, an eraser, and a pair of slippers, both servings as gifts for children who currently have to make their way to school barefoot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Book Store (NBS) is celebrating its 75th anniversary with the Read Out Loud Challenge (ROLC) that will run on Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[219,228,1600],"class_list":["post-2920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsmakers","tag-csr","tag-national-book-store","tag-project-aral"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2920"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2987,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920\/revisions\/2987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}